CONTENTS

Preface

one TIM BRINGS A GUN TO SCHOOL

two TIM GETS HIS START

three OUR INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION

four A NEW SCHOOL, A NEW CRISIS

five SUSPENDED ANIMATION

six ROCKETING THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL

seven HIGH SCHOOL COOKS UP TROUBLE

eight WEST TO THE NORTHWEST

nine HOSPITALIZATION FROM THE NORTHWEST TO MIDDLETOWN

ten TIM COMES TO AUSTIN

eleven AMERICORPS AND THE CHAIN OF NEGLECT

twelve TIM BEGINS ADULT LIFE

thirteen TIM HITS THE REVOLVING DOOR

fourteen LAUNCHING TIM

fifteen TIM RETURNS TO MIDDLETOWN

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgments

References